As we all know, Liang Jiahui is known as the "Emperor of a Thousand Faces" by the industry because of his superb acting skills and ease of various roles, but what is less known is that in addition to Liang Jiahui, there is also an actor who can support the title of "Thousand Faces".
Although he has not won any awards and has not served as a leading actor, he is revered as the "Thousand Faces" of the film and television industry, and he has not starred in a bad film for more than 30 years, he is Liu Xun, a film grandmaster who surpasses the emperor of film.
Liu Xun has starred in many classics in his acting career, such as Jet Li's father Huang Qiying in the "Huang Feihong" series, a mouthful of "love tiger oil" is funny, or the great eunuch Li Lianying who was angry by Zhou Xingchi in "Nine Pin Sesame Officers", the most recent is the "Generation Grandmaster" in the shape of the boxing master Mr. Rui, a strong and powerful move, righteous and awe-inspiring.
Each of Liu Xun's roles has been scored three points, and the actors he has worked with have praised him, but such a highly respected actor summed up his life in an interview ten years ago: "Nothing."
There is a famous saying in Buddhism, Bodhi has no tree, the mirror is not a platform, there is nothing in the original, where to stir up dust.
"Having nothing, not being disturbed by fame and fortune" is probably Liu Xun's philosophy of life.
Step into the world of opera with one foot
Because he has played many supporting roles in Hong Kong films, most people think that Liu Xun is a native Hong Kong actor, but this is not the case.
Born in Beijing in 1939, Liu Xun first came into contact with Peking Opera when he was 6 years old and has been inextricably linked ever since. However, at that time, there was no school dedicated to studying opera, so he could only learn skills with his master, during which he was also guided by Li Wanchun, Shang Heyu, Li Shaochun, Gai Mingtian and other predecessors.
In front of them, these are all top-of-the-line pear garden masters, among whom Li Shaochun and the "Winter Emperor" Meng Xiaodongshi went out to the same door, and Liu Xun, who was full of ears, absorbed the essence of various sects and learned a good kung fu.
At the age of 14, he performed abroad on behalf of the Chinese Art Troupe, and by the age of 19, Liu Xun, who had achieved academic success, graduated from school and was assigned to teach at the Peking Opera House in China, starting his own educational career.
In 1980, by chance, Liu Xun came to Hong Kong to develop and worked as a lecturer at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Liu Xun, who had just arrived in Hong Kong, had made sufficient efforts to study Cantonese opera and pointed out the shortcomings to the point.
In his view, in recent years, people engaged in Cantonese opera care more about themselves than they care about Cantonese opera, and only care about personal merits, rather than really promoting, so the development of Cantonese opera at that time will be relatively lagging behind.
He also said: "Good art needs to be honed, but no one has honed art, and in the end, because of the problem of money, the art of opera has gradually lost its value." ”
Not disturbed by fame and fortune, intoxicated with art, is Liu Xun's responsibility for the profession, but also his pursuit of a lifetime of navigation.
Adhering to this principle, Liu Xun taught a group of opera talents, You Shengpu, Chen Haoyi, and even Luo Jiaying, who sang "only you~" in "Journey to the West", was also taught by Liu Xun, and contributed to the promotion of Peking Opera art.
Righteousness is awe-inspiring, and evil is compelling
Liu Xun's first exposure to film was as an opera director in the film "Dao Ma Dan" directed by Xu Ke. In 1987, Liu Xun played Lin Zhengying's master brother Shi Jian in "Zombie Supreme", which was his first time in a movie, and then he stepped into the film industry with his other foot.
As Xu Ke's golden supporting role, he has left enough room for Liu Xun to play in many works. There is a saying that Liu Xun's acting skills are really outstanding, and he doesn't even need to be facialized, and he will introduce you into it with his hands and feet.
Interestingly, some netizens summed up the law of Liu Xun's acting, playing a decent person when he has a beard, and playing a villain when he has no beard.
In "Taiji Zhang Sanfeng", Liu Xun plays Jet Li's master Jueyuan, and Jet Li's name in "Shaolin Temple" is also Jueyuan, and what is related to it is unknown, but Liu Xun, who has a long beard, interprets a loving master just right.
In "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu", directed by Xu Ke, Liu Xun played the villain eunuch Gu Gufu, who was nominated for best supporting actor at the 10th Hong Kong Film Awards for his wonderful performance. The beardless "GuGufu" looks sinister and treacherous, and it is difficult to imagine that master Jueyuan is the same person.
Liu Xun transformed himself into huang Qiying, who played the righteous and awe-inspiring Huang Qiying in "Huang Feihong's Three Lion Kings", that is, the father of Huang Feihong, played by Jet Li, but Liu Xun's role has its own laughter, which completely subverts the audience's impression of the family elders. Seeing that his son and thirteen aunts had a sharp heart, they simply turned a blind eye, which was extremely cute.
"New Dragon Gate Inn" has been nominated for four Academy Awards and five Golden Horse Awards, among which Liu Xun's amazing acting skills are indispensable. Liu Xun in the film plays Jia Ting, one of the four major stalls in the East Factory, and is no less than Lin Qingxia, Liang Jiahui and other dramas, and the evil smile is even more chilling.
Teacher Liu Xun is really the first eunuch in Hong Kong films, obviously the same role type, different roles, but he played angular and angular, each with its own characteristics.
Of course, everyone's deepest impression of Liu Xun is also the grand eunuch Li Lianying in "Nine Pin Sesame Officials White Bread Qingtian", this time Liu Xun's role is not sinister and cunning, nor is there any outstanding kung fu, but the appearance of being stretched out by Xingye's neck makes people cry and laugh, and has to admire Liu Lao's acting skills.
In recent years, Liu Xun, who is nearly 80 years old, has rarely appeared on the big screen, and the only time he appeared on the camera was the master of shape and intention boxing in "A Generation of Grandmasters", and the chivalry of the year was still permeated with one move and one style, and some people said that such a performance can be called a weighty acting skill.
Can switch between the decent and the villain role at will, from the film for more than 30 years of acting skills no one criticizes, and Liang Jiahui is on a par with the name, relying on the heart is not distracted, not stained with dust, concentrate on the immediate affairs, no matter how sophisticated the "martial arts secrets" must not be able to learn these.
Teacher Liu Xun's "nothing" must be such a meaning, I hope that in the future, I can still have the opportunity to see Liu Xun's unpredictable acting skills on the screen and reproduce the style of a thousand faces.